A number of large European operators have been included in an expanded blacklist of online gambling operators who continue to serve Belgian players without a proper license. Players who play on the sites could face fines of up to €25,000.

Spain's newly regulated online poker market will go live for the first time on June 1st. All sites without a valid license at that time will be required to leave the Spanish market to make room for the new license holders.

Lock Poker continues to expand and has announced plans to acquire the Cake Poker Network. The network will be rebranded to Revolution Gaming once the takeover is complete.

888poker is looking to re-enter the American market through a strategic partnership with Caesars Entertainment in Nevada. Once back, 888poker will be following ambitious expansion plans, new CEO Brian Mattingly has said.

888 Holdings continues to produce mind-blowing results as the company consolidates itself increasingly on the online gambling market. The latest results point to an 88% growth in year-on-year revenues for 888Poker.

Zynga is eager to enter the real-money online gaming market and is reported to be in talks with brick-and-mortar giant Wynn Resorts. Partnerships with UK betting operators could also be on the agenda for the social games developer.

PartyPoker will jump the bandwagon and introduce its own version of a Rush Poker variant, bwin.party digital CEO Jim Ryan has revealed. The new game has still to be named and there is no release date out yet.

Bwin.party Digital Entertainment has released its yearly results alongside its annual report on developments in the world of online gambling. Despite a 10% decline in gross revenue, the gambling titan remains on the forefront of the industry, the report says.

888Poker continues to grow and has revealed new remarkable numbers. The online poker branch of 888 Holdings saw revenue grow a full 58% from $38 million in 2010 to $61 million in 2011.

PokerStars has yesterday added a number of new games and stakes to its new Zoom Poker format. Players will now be able to play with stakes up to $0.50/$1 on both NLHE and PLO, as well as a $0.10/$0.20 FLH table has been launched.

Seemingly unaffected by the recent indictment against founder Calvin Ayre, Bodog continues to operate as normal. Today, the Bodog Poker Brand announced the launch of a completely new Asian platform, Bodog88.

ChiliGaming's iPoker skin ChiliPoker has announced a new merger with Poker770. Players and account balances will be transferred automatically already this weekend, while ChiliPoker continues to focus on other assets.

Zynga as announced the launch of a new separate gaming platform, set to work independently from Facebook. The company at the same time hints that real-money gambling may be imminent.

A fresh report from Washington claims that there will be no further attempts to introduce online gambling legislation in the U.S. before 2013. Instead, individual states will take the lead, experts say.

Shuffle Master, a slot machine manufacturer and Nevada gaming license applicant, is reported to be lining up a takeover of the Ongame Network. The network could go for as little as €13 million, according to industry whispers.

The iPoker Network is reportedly considering to allow the network's biggest brands to break free into a separate unit. The divide would create two independent online poker networks under the iPoker banner.

Social games developer Zynga has posted a massive $435 million loss for the fourth quarter of 2011. Despite the loss, the social games developer reveals to continue its interest in the world of real-money online gambling.

French online gambling company Chiligaming has announced a new partnership with the Golden Nugget casinos. The strategic partnership will prepare the partners ahead of the potential introduction of legal online poker in the U.S.

888 Holdings yesterday announced the most recent numbers from its 888poker operation. The fast-growing poker company continues to impress with numbers growing a full 58% when compared to last year.

888 Holdings yesterday announced the most recent numbers from its 888poker operation. The fast-growing poker company continues to impress with numbers growing a full 58% when compared to last year.

An article evaluating the future of online gambling on social networks like Facebook estimates that new regulation in the U.S. could help drive enormous revenues and traffic. Facebook alone could become a $100 billon company.

Playtech has announced a handful of new partnerships that will help the company gain improved positions in a number of national markets around the globe. The company also revealed to be in talks with new U.S. partners.

The world's largest social gaming developer Zynga is ready to take on real-money gambling. A spokesperson has told All Things D that the company is actively investigating opportunities to take its play-money casino players one step further.

Gaming giant International Game Technology has reached an agreement to take over social gaming casino Double Down Interactive. The deal - worth $500 million - is the latest of a series of big initiatives from IGT.